The following terms are defined in the various models currently proposed for
the Core Components group.
Proposed CC
Terminology
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Description
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Original Model
Terminology
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Component Use
Terminology
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BusinessContext
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Defines a context in which a business has chosen to employ
an information entity
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EntityApplication
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Context/Classification
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IndustrySector
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Identifies which industry sector the context is being
employed within from a predefined set of sector identifiers (or Other if not
one of the predefined industry sectors)
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Industry
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ContextFactor
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IndustrySectorQualifier
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Subsection of existing industry sector. (If Other
has been selected for the IndustrySector a new industry is proposed for
addition to the IndustrySector list.)
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ContextFactor
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BusinessProcess
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Identifies which business process the context applies to.
(Taken from a predefined set of generic business processed)
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ContextFactor
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BusinessProcessQualifier
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Identifies the generic type of the subprocess that applies
to the context (e.g. whether it is part of a request/response sequence, a
simple notification, etc)
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ContextFactor
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Region
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Identifies the geographical region in which the
information entity can validly be used
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ContextFactor
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CountryCodes
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Identifies specific countries the information entity is
valid within through their 2-alpha ISO 3166 country code.
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ContextFactor
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OfficialRequirements
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Identifies which official information requirements the
context satisfies.
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ContextFactor
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BusinessDocument
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The set of functional units that are interchanged as part
of a business activity
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InformationBundle
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FunctionalUnit
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A set of information entities that can be used within a
Business Document to control a business activity
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EntityPattern
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InformationEntity
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Generic term that covers both AggregateInformationEntity
and BasicInformationEntity.
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AggregateInformationEntity
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Defines a functional unit representation form that
contains embedded information entities.
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BusinessEntity
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AggregateComponent
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Identifier
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Character string used to uniquely identify an information
entity.
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Identification
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Name
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Human-readable string for identification of information
entity.
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Name
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Description
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Description of function of information entity.
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Description
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SubmittedBy
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Unique identifier assigned to organization submitting
definition.
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Submitter
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Date
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ISO 8601 date on which information entity was documented.
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DateSubmitted
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EmailAddress
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Address to be used to request further information about
information entity by e-mail.
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MinMax
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Indicates the maximum and minimum number of occurrences of
the information entity that are permitted within this aggregate information
entity.
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Cardinality
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EmbeddedInformationEntity
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Rules to be applied when embedding an information entity
within an aggregate information entity.
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EntityComponent
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StructuralCoreComponent
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InformationEntityID
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Identifier used to uniquely identify embedded information
entity
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EntityID or RepresentationID
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ExplanationOfUse
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Explanation of function of embedded information entity
within the aggregate information entity.
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Order
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If the order in which adjacent embedded information
entities are entered is significant then all embedded information entities
affected by the order should be assigned one of the values of sequence,
all or choice.
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BasicInformationEntity
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Defines a functional unit representation form which
contains data but which does not have embedded information entities.
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RepresentationClass
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SingleComponent
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ControllingAgency
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Agency responsible for controlling the content of an
information entity
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AgencyAssignedID
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Identifier used to recognize the information entity within
the specified ControllingAgency.
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RepresentationType
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Type of data to be used to represent the content of an
information entity. (Must be a member of the set of Representation Types
defined for ebXML.)
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Format
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URL
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Electronic address used to access details about an
externally defined code list.
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PermittedValue
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Defines one of the permitted values that has been assigned
to a code list associated with a BasicInformationEntity.
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CodeValue
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Value
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Form in which a permitted value is to be specified.
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MeaningOfValue
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Meaning represented by value.
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Language
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Language in which meaning of value is specified, expressed
using codes defined in IETF RFC 1766.
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Rule
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Rule used to validate correct use of component.
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Rule
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Extension
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Extension to information entity definition when applying a
component in an Business Message.
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Extension
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